महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-252, verse-9

यथा च वेणुः कदली नलो वा फलन्त्यभावाय न भूतयेऽऽत्मनः ।
तथैव मां तैः परिरक्ष्यमाणामादास्यसे कर्कटकीव गर्भम् ॥९॥

9. yathā ca veṇuḥ kadalī nalo vā; phalantyabhāvāya na bhūtaye''tmanaḥ ,
tathaiva māṁ taiḥ parirakṣyamāṇā;mādāsyase karkaṭakīva garbham.

9. yathā ca veṇuḥ kadalī nalaḥ vā
phalanti abhāvāya na bhūtaye ātmanaḥ
tathā eva mām taiḥ parirakṣyamāṇām
ādāsyase karkaṭakī iva garbham

9. Just as a bamboo, a plantain, or a reed bears fruit for its own destruction, not for its continued existence (ātman), similarly, you will take me, even while I am being protected by them, just as a female crab holds its eggs (which lead to her demise).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वेणुः (veṇuḥ) - bamboo (bamboo, flute)

• कदली (kadalī) - plantain tree (plantain, banana tree)

• नलः (nalaḥ) - reed (reed, a specific type of reed)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• फलन्ति (phalanti) - they bear fruit (they bear fruit, they result)

• अभावाय (abhāvāya) - for its destruction (for non-existence, for destruction)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• भूतये (bhūtaye) - for its continued flourishing (for welfare, for prosperity, for existence)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - for its own (self's) (of the self, for oneself, of the soul)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, in that manner)

• एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizes the similarity (just, indeed, only)

• माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative))

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them (the Kuru warriors) (by them, with them)

• परिरक्ष्यमाणाम् (parirakṣyamāṇām) - me, being protected (being protected, being guarded)

• आदास्यसे (ādāsyase) - you will take (me) (you will take, you will seize)

• कर्कटकी (karkaṭakī) - female crab

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• गर्भम् (garbham) - eggs / offspring (that lead to her demise) (embryo, fetus, offspring, womb, interior)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

वेणुः (veṇuḥ) - bamboo (bamboo, flute)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of veṇu

veṇu - bamboo, flute, reed

कदली (kadalī) - plantain tree (plantain, banana tree)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kadalī

kadalī - plantain tree, banana tree

नलः (nalaḥ) - reed (reed, a specific type of reed)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nala

nala - a reed, a kind of cane

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

फलन्ति (phalanti) - they bear fruit (they bear fruit, they result)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of phal

Present active indicative, 3rd plural

Root: phal (class 1)

अभावाय (abhāvāya) - for its destruction (for non-existence, for destruction)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, annihilation, destruction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• bhāva – being, existence, state, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

भूतये (bhūtaye) - for its continued flourishing (for welfare, for prosperity, for existence)

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of bhūti

bhūti - being, existence, prosperity, welfare, power

From root bhū + ktin suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - for its own (self's) (of the self, for oneself, of the soul)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, body

Note: Can also be used with dative sense here (for the self).

तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizes the similarity (just, indeed, only)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

तैः (taiḥ) - by them (the Kuru warriors) (by them, with them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the protectors (e.g., Duryodhana's army)

परिरक्ष्यमाणाम् (parirakṣyamāṇām) - me, being protected (being protected, being guarded)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parirakṣyamāṇa

parirakṣyamāṇa - being protected, being guarded

Present Passive Participle

From pari + rakṣ + śānac

Prefix: pari

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with "mām" (me)

आदास्यसे (ādāsyase) - you will take (me) (you will take, you will seize)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, future indicative (lṛṭ) of dā

Future middle indicative, 2nd singular

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Second person singular, implies the speaker is addressing someone who will take Draupadi. (Jayadratha to Draupadi)

कर्कटकी (karkaṭakī) - female crab

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of karkaṭakī

karkaṭakī - female crab, a particular kind of crab

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

गर्भम् (garbham) - eggs / offspring (that lead to her demise) (embryo, fetus, offspring, womb, interior)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - womb, embryo, fetus, child, interior, core

Note: In this context, it refers to the eggs or young of the crab.